Research Program in Lake Apoyo SCUBA DIVE LAKE APOYO LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE You can help us study and monitor the endangered fishes of Lake Apoyo and their habitat. Certified scuba divers can participate in our monitoring program and aid us in gathering important information about these fishes and their habitat. FUNDECI/GAIA is dedicated to supporting scientific research which provides useful information for use by conservation authorities, the government, and public opinion, in addition to the scientific community. Our work, some of which is described below, is focused on discovering new species, determining native ranges and habitats of species, and evaluating the threats and needs for native species posed by human activity. By participating in our dive research program, you can observe endangered, newly discovered fish species in their natural habitat, help us to collect data about them and their habitat, and help to finance our work in the most important conservation issue in Nicaragua today-discovering and protecting the endangered wildlife of Nicaragua. Please contact us for more details about how you can participate with us. We now offer PADI Open Water Diver Certification and other certifications. The cost of an Open Water Diver Certification is $305, and includes your equipment use and literature. Discounts on stays at the Lake Apoyo Research Station for diving students. In Defense of Nature email us Lake Apoyo Biological Research Station The arrow cichlid, Amphilophus zaliosus, discovered in 1976. This species is one of possibly as many as six only found in Lake Apoyo. The environment of Laguna de Apoyo is natural and nearly unspoiled A scientist captures fishes in Laguna de Apoyo An undescribed species guards fry at nest in Laguna de Apoyo. One of the as-yet undiscovered species of Laguna de Apoyo The natural beauty of Laguna de Apoyo is unsurpassed in Central America
Research Program in Lake Apoyo
SCUBA DIVE LAKE APOYO
LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE
You can help us study and monitor the endangered fishes of Lake Apoyo and their habitat. Certified scuba divers can participate in our monitoring program and aid us in gathering important information about these fishes and their habitat. FUNDECI/GAIA is dedicated to supporting scientific research which provides useful information for use by conservation authorities, the government, and public opinion, in addition to the scientific community. Our work, some of which is described below, is focused on discovering new species, determining native ranges and habitats of species, and evaluating the threats and needs for native species posed by human activity.
By participating in our dive research program, you can observe endangered, newly discovered fish species in their natural habitat, help us to collect data about them and their habitat, and help to finance our work in the most important conservation issue in Nicaragua today-discovering and protecting the endangered wildlife of Nicaragua. Please contact us for more details about how you can participate with us.
We now offer PADI Open Water Diver Certification and other certifications. The cost of an Open Water Diver Certification is $305, and includes your equipment use and literature. Discounts on stays at the Lake Apoyo Research Station for diving students.
In Defense of Nature
email us
Lake Apoyo Biological Research Station
The arrow cichlid, Amphilophus zaliosus, discovered in 1976. This species is one of possibly as many as six only found in Lake Apoyo.
The environment of Laguna de Apoyo is natural and nearly unspoiled
A scientist captures fishes in Laguna de Apoyo
An undescribed species guards fry at nest in Laguna de Apoyo.
One of the as-yet undiscovered species of Laguna de Apoyo
The natural beauty of Laguna de Apoyo is unsurpassed in Central America
